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Wainwright and partner welcome daughter

Mon 21 Feb 2011 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA

Rufus Wainwright Musician Rufus Wainwright has become the proud dad of a daughter with the blood of music royalty flowing through her veins. He and his partner Jorn Weisbrodt welcomed Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen into the world on February 2. The baby girl was born in Los Angeles through a surrogate, Lorca Cohen, the daughter of legendary musician Leonard Cohen. Wainwright released the following statement on his website: "Daddy #1 would like to offer everyone a digital cigar and welcome the little lady in with a French phrase from his favorite folk song, A La Claire Fontaine : 'Il y a longtemps que je t'aime, jamais je ne t'oublierai.'"    

Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff

First published: Monday, 21st February 2011 - 2:12pm

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